Way To Upgrade WordPress Plugin Without Losing Existing Data
So, it’s been a while since you are using a WordPress website for your business, and you’re worried about how your website is underperforming and getting into trouble now and then.
Almost 50% of the errors that people encounter in WordPress is due to an old and outdated version of WordPress that the website is built on, plugins, and security frameworks. So, the only way out here is keeping the website up to date with the latest version.
Here is a guide for how to upgrade the website, plugins to a new version manually. You can also use this tutorial to update a commercial version of your website to its latest version.
If you are using a commercial version, rather than manually upgrading the plugin, you can upgrade the plugin directly in the WordPress backend.
There are methods below to upgrade the WordPress to its latest version manually:
1. Go through the following instructions to make important updates in your website without losing any data:
· In your WordPress backend, visit the plugin menu Settings, ensure there is an option “Keep data when removing the plugin” and the option is validated. The option is validated by default. This option is only available after some versions. Please use the following second method instead:
In your WordPress backend, go to the menu Plugins -> Installed Plugins, disable the plugin and remove it. When removing the plugin, you’ll get the warning “Are you sure you wish to delete these files and data” and hit the “Yes button, Delete these files and data”. This is a mandatory warning from WordPress.
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